Zeringue, out of White High in Thibodeaux, La., ranked at No. 43 on Baseball America's Top 100 draft prospects. The 6-foot-2, 210-pounder is considered a four-tool talent, lacking only receiving skills, and will have a chance to start as the Tigers lost incumbent Matt Heath. Zeringue reportedly was asking for more than $1 million, which the White Sox wouldn't meet. Thomas has a reputation for molding professional catchers at both Miami (Charles Johnson, Jorge Fabregas) and LSU (Brad Cresse).

Mattox, out of Conway (Ark.) High, figures into the outfield mix around Linden."

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/notes0827.html

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Why? Alan Embree is earning $2.4M this year and I think that salary is enough to sign BOTH picks.

Randar68

08-27-2001, 06:23 PM

This is essentially what I have been reporting for weeks. 2 weeks ago, it got so bad Zeringue's agent said he doubted anything could get done due to what his client felt was "bad blood" over a lack of respect....